Standard library for Matlab

Matlab users coming from other languages will benefit from the functionality contained within this user-developed, unofficial "stdlib" standard library of functions. These system, filesystem, and HDF5 / HDF4 / NetCDF functions are used by numerous independent projects.

Self-tests

The self-tests can be run from the top matlab-stdlib/ directory.

Matlab R2022b and newer:

buildtool test

Matlab R2017a and newer:

test_main

For the functions compatible with GNU Octave:

addpath(pwd)
oruntests('+stdlib/')

External language backends

Our functions that aren't possible in native Matlab code are implemented using Matlab's no-compile external language interfaces. The API listing "backend" column tells which functions have selectable backend implementations. By default, when the "backend" is not specified to a function having selectable backend, the algorithm searches for the first available backend and uses that.

• .NET
  • Windows: all supported Matlab releases
  • Linux / macOS: R2024b and newer
• Java: all supported Matlab releases
• Perl: Matlab R2018a and newer. This uses a system() call to Perl.
• Python: Matlab R2022b and newer. stdlib.has_python checks that the Python version set by pyenv() is compatible with the Matlab release.
• System shell calls: all supported Matlab releases. As a backup when the platform doesn't have the primary (faster) methods available, the system shell can be called for some functions.

Acknowledgments

Stdlib for Matlab was partly funded by NASA NNH19ZDA001N-HDEE grant 80NSSC20K0176.